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Hays: New biography-focused tech podcasts cannot beat Acquired or David Senra
“Right now doing a biographies focused one when there's Senra and acquired.
It's just not going to work. You're not going to get better at them.”
Gilbert: Affiliating Acquired with a VC Firm Would Have Killed It
“We were professional venture capitalists in various flavors for eight years after starting the podcast, and never once were tempted by, should Acquired be the XYZ Firm podcast. Sure, sure. Like, that'll kill the whole thing.”
Gilbert: Best Acquired Deep Dives Require a Hero, Secret, and Impactful Company
“The three things are one, you need a hero protagonist that has a great story where we can really hang all the lessons on this amazing hero's journey... Two is you need a secret hiding in plain sight... And then three is... An important company.”
Gilbert: Acquired had about 400 listeners by end of year one
“And I think by the end of year one, we had about 400 listeners.”
Rosenthal: Steve Ballmer emailed a rebuttal PowerPoint before his Acquired interview
“The night before, he emailed us a PowerPoint tag. I think he said like, sorry, we're getting this to you so late”
Rosenthal: Acquired conducted 30+ hour-long background calls for Google episode
“Like for our Google series that we just wrapped up, we probably talked to 30 plus people. You know, those are all hour long research calls where, you know, sometimes people are like, oh, is this going to be recorded? And we're like, no, no, no, this isn't for …”